Microsoft Project vs. Planview AdaptiveWork

Microsoft Project

717 Reviews and Ratings

Planview AdaptiveWork

118 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Project	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.	$120 per year per user
Planview AdaptiveWork	Score7.4 out of 10	N/A	Planview AdaptiveWork is a web-based collaborative work management software. Planview AdaptiveWork enables users to connect employees and partners and create documents, reports and specialized workflow automation. Planview AdaptiveWork is designed to work across multiple teams to enable cross-company task, project, and resource management.	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft Project

Planview AdaptiveWork

Project Server: $0
Planner Plan 1: $10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3: $30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5: $55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024: $679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024: $1,129.99
one-time fee per installation

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Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Project	Planview AdaptiveWork
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

Optional

Plans are billed annually.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Microsoft Project	Planview AdaptiveWork
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Graham Green Operations Director at Solution IP in Engineering at Solution IP (Telecommunications, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Projects is more widely used and integrates with our Microsoft Office 365 suite of products. Speaking with peers within the industry it appears Microsoft Projects is a better fit for telecoms companies. Resource and task management seem easier and more effective with … Incentivized Helpful?	Planview Rebekah Ryan, PMP Senior Implementation Manager at Optum (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork Clarizen has a cleaner, easier-to-use UI than both Wrike and Microsoft Project in my opinion. Clarizen is overall pretty intuitive and you can use it on a daily basis to manage your projects without it taking up an exorbitant amount of time. Although I would say Wrike is … Incentivized Helpful? Amber Keehn Client Operations Lead in Customer Service at Businessolver (Human Resources, 501-1000 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork MS Project could not come close to matching the time tracking and forecasting abilities of Clarizen. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview AdaptiveWork Clarizen is miles ahead of MS Project in terms of ease of use and connectivity. It also provides for changes to be made along with dependencies in a much simpler fashion. Incentivized Helpful? Hirendra Vikram Senior IP Content Specialist at LexisNexis Univentio (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork This is more of a collaborative tool out of the box, where as Microsoft Project can also be customized to be more collaborative, but the out of box features for collaboration stand out. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview AdaptiveWork It's about the same. It should be noted that Planview AdaptiveWork was not our first choice. We selected Planview PPM Pro & ProjectPlace based on capabilities and roadmap. There were roadmap items that were going to solve several business problems and allow us to leverage … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview AdaptiveWork I've always enjoyed working with AdaptiveWork. It's a customizable tool that is easy for the end user to use. Incentivized Helpful? WILLIAM CHERNOCK Director, PMO Americas/APAC in Professional Services at Tufin (Computer Software, 201-500 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork Planview AdaptiveWork was the right size, at the right price point that fit our customization and integration flexibility. It is intuitive to use but allowed us to add complexity as our needs grew Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview AdaptiveWork We selected Adaptive Work for it's ease of configurability, advanced scheduling capabilities, and workflow capabilities. Incentivized Helpful? Mike Narumiya President, Principal in Information Technology at Klaxon IT Solutions (Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork It stacks up well to many other products. It is lightweight and intuitive to use. However, if you are a heavy Project user, or are considering a Project at the enterprise level, this might not be as sophisticated/ heavyweight as those kinds of products. However, for all but … Incentivized Helpful? Sarah Meerschaert Project Manager in Product Management at Billtrust (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork Clarizen is easy to use, web based, and collaborative. It also does a great job organizing tasks across projects which is great for helping contributors get their work done on time. Management loves the reports they can create on overall status, costs, and when projects are … Incentivized Helpful? Peter Koch Director of Operations in Professional Services at ABBA Roller LLC (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork TeamWorks: Good product but can't handle portfolios and doesn't provide resource management. Microsoft Project: Expensive. Steep learning curve. Helpful? Lea Mohr Director of Technical Services at AmeriQual Foods (Food Production, 501-1000 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork The social capability and integrating the notifications to keep people on top of their tasks is a big sell. Being able to share Gantt charts with customers that expire so that they only have visibility to current status is very helpful. Also a baseline comparison so that you … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview AdaptiveWork It is much easier to use and provides more immediate visualization than MS-Project does. The learning curve with Clarizen is far shorter than MS-Project. It is also less costly than MS-Project. Helpful? Lisa Heydet Strategic Intelligence and Program Management in Corporate at Crawford & Company (Insurance, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork MS Project suite and many more. Clarizen had the best tools for what we needed, and the Magic Quadrant report from Garnter confirmed it for us. Helpful? Roger Botterbusch, EA, PMP Project Manager in Information Technology at Elevations Credit Union (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork The IT-start up firm I was working in the end selected MS Project with Sharepoint and Office 365 over Clarizen since the Microsoft solution was easier to use, more flexible, and could handle a larger workload than Clarizen could. Helpful? Shel Hankley Information Systems Analyst, IT Project Manager and Clarizen Administrator in Information Technology at Southern States Cooperative (Retail, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Planview AdaptiveWork AtTask, EPM Live, CorasWorks There were many different reasons why we chose Clarizen but ease of use, functionality and price and adaptability were our top reasons. Helpful?
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Features

Microsoft Project

Planview AdaptiveWork

Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Project and Planview AdaptiveWork
Feature	Microsoft Project 9.1 108 Ratings	Planview AdaptiveWork - Ratings
Task Management	10.0107 Ratings	00 Ratings
Resource Management	10.0104 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	10.0104 Ratings	00 Ratings
Scheduling	10.0106 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	10.083 Ratings	00 Ratings
Team Collaboration	8.096 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	6.080 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	10.080 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document Management	9.077 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email integration	5.082 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	10.067 Ratings	00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	10.073 Ratings	00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	10.063 Ratings	00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	10.083 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft Project and Planview AdaptiveWork
Feature	Microsoft Project 10.0 77 Ratings	Planview AdaptiveWork - Ratings
Quotes/estimates	10.054 Ratings	00 Ratings
Invoicing	10.045 Ratings	00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	10.074 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	10.050 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Microsoft Project	Planview AdaptiveWork
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (108 ratings)	7.4 (78 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)	7.5 (26 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (6 ratings)	7.3 (5 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (3 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	8.2 (34 ratings)	9.1 (7 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	5.4 (5 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (1 ratings)	8.2 (4 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)